02/28/1902
Sichuan, China:
Li Shoumin (1902–1961), better known by his pen name Huanzhulouzhu (還珠樓主), was a Szechwan-born Chinese wuxia and xianxia writer. His 1946 novel Blades from the Willows, a prequel of his magnum opus Legend of the Swordsmen of the Mountains of Shu, was one of the first wuxia novels translated into English.
